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<v Speaker 1>Hello, everybody. This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really glad you're here today. We're continuing our series

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<v Speaker 1>from Psalm twenty three called Living in the Goodness of God.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about how God's goodness meets you right where

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<v Speaker 1>you are and brings hope even in difficult seasons. So

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<v Speaker 1>let's get started. Here's part two of a message called

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<v Speaker 1>how to be Led by God's Spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me show you something that a lot of Christians

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<v Speaker 2>and believers don't get. Let's show you two verses that

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<v Speaker 2>look totally opposite of each other up here on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>One John two fifteen. By the way, they're written by

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<v Speaker 2>the same guy. John wrote the book John, and he

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<v Speaker 2>wrote first, second, and third John Letters and first John

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<v Speaker 2>Chapter two. He says this, do not love the world

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<v Speaker 2>or anything that belongs to the world. If you love

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<v Speaker 2>the world, you cannot love the Father. WHOA, that's pretty

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<v Speaker 2>clear now. That same guy who wrote that also wrote this,

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<v Speaker 2>the most famous verse in the Bible, God so loved

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<v Speaker 2>the world. Well, what is it? I mean, huh? That

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<v Speaker 2>looks like a big contradiction right there, God so loved

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<v Speaker 2>the world. And then he says, but you, you're not to

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<v Speaker 2>love the world. And if you love the world, to

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<v Speaker 2>love the Father's not in you. Well, which is it?

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<v Speaker 2>You need to understand the meaning of the word world.

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<v Speaker 2>The world is used two different ways in the scripture.

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<v Speaker 2>It refers to the world's value system and it refers

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<v Speaker 2>to the world's people. We are to love the people

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<v Speaker 2>and not love the value system. Does that make sense.

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<v Speaker 2>We are to love the people no matter what kind

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<v Speaker 2>of lifestyle they live, but we are to not love.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, the Bible says we are to hate the

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<v Speaker 2>value system, like prejudice and racism and injustice and sexism,

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<v Speaker 2>and people hurting each other and war. We are to

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<v Speaker 2>hate eat the things that hurt people in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Love the people, hate the value system. You know what

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<v Speaker 2>the problem is, We got it reversed. We love the

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<v Speaker 2>value system, hate the people. Christians do this all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>They're no different. They're just as materialistic, they're just as hedonistic.

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<v Speaker 2>They're you know, they're just as involved in everything in culture.

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<v Speaker 2>They love the culture and hate the people. God says, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>you got that all wrong. You got it backwards. Love

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<v Speaker 2>the world people, don't love the world's value system. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>Five things I have to stop doing one. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>follow a culture that doesn't follow God to you, I

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<v Speaker 2>can't follow friends who aren't led by God. Number three.

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<v Speaker 2>Third thing why I often miss God's will is this,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't look to other sources besides God. If I'm

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<v Speaker 2>looking for direction for my life, the best place to

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<v Speaker 2>look is not on a TV talk show. The best

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<v Speaker 2>place to look is to read the owner's Vaniel that's

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible, and talk to the creator who made you.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's where you're going to find out about your life.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't look to other sources besides God. Now, there

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<v Speaker 2>are many other sources that want to tell you how

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<v Speaker 2>to run your life, many other replacements. There are many

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<v Speaker 2>other substitutes for God, a lot of substitutes for God

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<v Speaker 2>in the world. They're actually called idols. I mean, for instance,

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<v Speaker 2>when you're looking for what am I supposed to do

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<v Speaker 2>with my life? I've actually met some believers who think

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<v Speaker 2>they can pray to God and read a horoscope. Really,

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<v Speaker 2>that's like saying I believe in reincarnation and heaven at

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<v Speaker 2>the same time. They're mutually exclusive. You either believe in

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<v Speaker 2>one or the other. You can't believe in both. That's illogical, irrational,

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<v Speaker 2>and it makes no sense at all. And so God says,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to look to Me and don't look

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<v Speaker 2>to other things for your guidance. Now, when people look

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<v Speaker 2>to anything else besides God for guidance for their life,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what that's called. When they're looking for divine

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<v Speaker 2>guidance but they're not actually praying or reading the Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>it's called divination. Divination, you heard this word. Divination means

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<v Speaker 2>to try to find about your future without going to

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<v Speaker 2>your creator. That's called divination. And they're countless kinds of

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<v Speaker 2>ways to define the future, fortune telling and stuff like that,

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<v Speaker 2>predictions and prognosies and things like that. Do you know

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<v Speaker 2>in ancient times, what was the most common way that

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<v Speaker 2>people discerned the future. Know what this is? It was

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<v Speaker 2>called consulting the liver. They would actually sacrifice animals, they'd

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<v Speaker 2>cut out a liver because the liver was supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>be the heaviest organ in the body. And then somebody

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<v Speaker 2>would look at it and goes, mm, yeah, go to war,

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<v Speaker 2>go to battle, win this one. Now. I mean, this

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<v Speaker 2>is not some little minor thing. The Roman Empire was

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<v Speaker 2>built on defining the liver. No Roman soldier would go

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<v Speaker 2>into battle without looking at the livery. The Babylonians looked

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<v Speaker 2>at the liver. The Etruscans looked at the liver. This

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<v Speaker 2>was the most commonly used form of predicting the future,

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<v Speaker 2>and in fact it's actually even mentioned in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at this verse here on the screen. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says in Ezekiel twenty one, the king of Babylon now

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<v Speaker 2>stands at a crossroad, uncertain of whether or not to attack.

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<v Speaker 2>He was going to attack Jerusalem, didn't know. So his

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<v Speaker 2>advisors will cast lots by shaking arrows from the quiver.

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<v Speaker 2>That was another popular way. You take arrows in a

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<v Speaker 2>quiver and you throw them out on the ground and

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<v Speaker 2>you go, mmm, don't go to battle, okay. And that

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<v Speaker 2>was one and the other end they will inspect the

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<v Speaker 2>livers of sacrificed animals. Fifty ways to lose your liver

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<v Speaker 2>right there, or love your liver or whatever. So that

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<v Speaker 2>was it called a divination. Uh does that kind of

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<v Speaker 2>stuff will happen today? Hello? Have you ever seen a

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<v Speaker 2>palm reading shop or tea leading or reading shop or

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<v Speaker 2>a crystal ball? And Madam so and so, and I

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<v Speaker 2>mean that stuff is still still around, tarot cards, horoscopes.

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<v Speaker 2>These are called divination looking to the future without looking

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<v Speaker 2>to God, and God says no, no, don't do any

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<v Speaker 2>of that kind of stuff. Don't go call the psychic hotline.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, here's a little tip. If the psychic

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<v Speaker 2>hotline says, what's your credit card number? Hang up? They

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<v Speaker 2>should know that. And I want to say, you tell me,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're so smart, you tell me. If he can't

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<v Speaker 2>tell me my credit card, he can't tell me anything

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<v Speaker 2>else that's valuable because he has no ability at all.

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<v Speaker 2>I actually did a little research on it just for

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<v Speaker 2>fun this week, looking at the modern things divination, and

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<v Speaker 2>there's some crazy bizarre things out there. For instance, in Russia,

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<v Speaker 2>they throw beans on the floor and then look at

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<v Speaker 2>the pattern, and I'm going, yeah, that's that's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of beans right there. So okay, you know that's a

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<v Speaker 2>pile of beans or whatever. Uh. There's there's a thing

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<v Speaker 2>called parrot parrot nancy where you let a parrot out

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<v Speaker 2>of its cage and it goes over and picks up

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<v Speaker 2>a card and then you know who you're supposed to marry. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>there's I'm not making this up. There's a there's a

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<v Speaker 2>divination called rumpology, and there are people you can pay

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<v Speaker 2>who will tell you your future by looking at the shape

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<v Speaker 2>of your butt. I'm not making that up. Okay, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not making it up. That's called stupidity. That's saying I would.

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<v Speaker 2>And why do they People go to all these others

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<v Speaker 2>because they don't want a boss in their life. They

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<v Speaker 2>want the future, but they don't want God. They don't

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<v Speaker 2>want a lord. They don't want somebody that have to serve.

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<v Speaker 2>And so the ridiculousness of looking to other sources besides God.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible warns us look at this verse. Deuteronomy eighteen

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<v Speaker 2>says this, never look to psychics or seances, or fortune telling,

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<v Speaker 2>or the stars, or people who claim to be in

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<v Speaker 2>contact with the dead. People who do these things are

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<v Speaker 2>doing evil, and God hates it with a passion. Now

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<v Speaker 2>I doubt any of you are doing this, but I

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<v Speaker 2>will tell you this. If you know a believer who's

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<v Speaker 2>doing this, politely, gently, lovingly tell them you're heading down

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<v Speaker 2>the wrong track. You're never going to know God's will

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<v Speaker 2>through a seance, through a medium, through a horoscope, through astrology.

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<v Speaker 2>If you are following the stars, you're not following the sun.

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<v Speaker 2>S n you're not following the sun, you're not following God.

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<v Speaker 2>These are counterfeits, you know today, years ago Gideon used

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<v Speaker 2>that fleece to discern God's will. People get fleeced all

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<v Speaker 2>the time today, cults and fad therapies and scientology and

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<v Speaker 2>all kinds of stuff. The Bible tells us that Corinthians

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<v Speaker 2>eleventh Satan masquerades as an angel of light. So we

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<v Speaker 2>just got to avoid that. And the Bible tells us

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<v Speaker 2>in first John four, verse one, don't believe everything you hear.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good thing to do on to read on

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<v Speaker 2>the internet. Actually, I read a quote the other day

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<v Speaker 2>on the internet, don't believe everything you read on the internet.

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<v Speaker 2>Abraham Lincoln. That guy was way ahead of his time.

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<v Speaker 2>All I say, okay, all right, I've got I know

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<v Speaker 2>I'm taking a long time on this, But if you

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<v Speaker 2>want to be led by the spirit of God, there's

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<v Speaker 2>some things you have to stop doing before you start

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<v Speaker 2>doing the other can't follow culture, can't follow friends who

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<v Speaker 2>are not following God. Can't look to other sources besides God,

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<v Speaker 2>like all those divination things. And number four, this is

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<v Speaker 2>a one that would white a lot of us. I

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<v Speaker 2>must stop being led by my circumstances. Now, the other

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<v Speaker 2>ones may have not been relatable to you, but this

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<v Speaker 2>one is certainly. I must stop being led by my circumstance.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm amazed how many believers the number one way they

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<v Speaker 2>try to determine God's will is, well, what's my circumstance?

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<v Speaker 2>You know I missed the plane, It must be God's will.

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<v Speaker 2>The heavy traffic, it must be God's will. The offering

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<v Speaker 2>plate skipped my road, that was God's will. I've had people,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you know I bumped into them in a cart,

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<v Speaker 2>and must be God's will. We bumped into each other.

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<v Speaker 2>I won't say anything about that, but you know, you

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<v Speaker 2>know I overslept today. It is God's will. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>go to church. You're skating on thin ice, shallow, shaky

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<v Speaker 2>ground when you build your life around your circumstances. There

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<v Speaker 2>are a lot of examples in the Bible where the

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<v Speaker 2>circumstances were the exact opposite of God's will. When I

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<v Speaker 2>think about the story of Jonah, God said to Jonah, Jonah,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to go to Nineva, and I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to preach to it. And they were the hated

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<v Speaker 2>enemies of the Israelites because they had oppressed them for years.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jonah said, I'm not going. It was literally racial prejudice,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm not going. Instead of going east to Ninevah,

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<v Speaker 2>he gets on board a ship headed for Tarsis, which

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<v Speaker 2>is a seaport on the coast of Spain. He's going

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<v Speaker 2>as far east as he can. God said go west,

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<v Speaker 2>and he goes east. But the circumstances there was a

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<v Speaker 2>ship waiting there headed for Tarsius. He had the money

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<v Speaker 2>for a ticket. They had face on board. He gets

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<v Speaker 2>on board, they take him on. It must be God's will.

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen circumstance ruin a lot of businesses and business

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<v Speaker 2>opportunities because it looked like a good deal. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>give you another example from Paul. I wrote the scripture

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<v Speaker 2>Acts twenty seven. It's about another Mediterranean cruise about two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand years later, and Paul is being taken to Rome

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<v Speaker 2>not to go tomorrow because they're going to head straight

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<v Speaker 2>into a storm. And Paul says to the sailors and

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<v Speaker 2>the captain of the ship, guys, if we leave today,

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<v Speaker 2>her drift. That is the epitaph of many a believer

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<v Speaker 2>who trusted in circumstances. We just finally gave out and

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<v Speaker 2>let her drift. Because we thought it was right. The

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<v Speaker 2>circumstances look good, but that was a disastrous business deal

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<v Speaker 2>or marriage or whatever. How about you, how many times

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<v Speaker 2>You can't just trust circumstances. I could give you example

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, this satan can manipulate circumstances. You seem to

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<v Speaker 2>is that you don't use circumstances to discern God's will,

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<v Speaker 2>but you use it to confirm God's will. Now let

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<v Speaker 2>me give you one more. If I want to be

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<v Speaker 2>to you all the time. Now, every emotion is temporary,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's a good one or a bad one. You

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<v Speaker 2>so is mine. The Bible says the heart is deceitful.

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<v Speaker 2>I've told you this many times, that you lie to

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<v Speaker 2>Truth is simply truth. It's either right or it's not right. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Most people base their decisions on how they feel. And

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<v Speaker 2>to make a decision on. Well, I had a piece

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<v Speaker 2>have more basis for your decision than just a peaceful feeling,

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<v Speaker 2>because you could have a peaceful, easy feeling and I

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<v Speaker 2>old people. If you know those lyrics, you are really

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<v Speaker 2>right now. Okay, you can't just go buy your feelings.

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<v Speaker 2>Feelings lie. It may be the result of some burrito

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<v Speaker 2>story of Joe and I told you, Hey, here's a ship, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I got the money. Hey, they take me on board.

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<v Speaker 2>And he goes down, and he goes into the bottom

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<v Speaker 2>ship and he falls into a nice, peaceful sleep. He's

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<v Speaker 2>So that's not enough. Piece is a good thing, But

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<v Speaker 2>he was totally disobeying God. Satan can give you false peace.

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<v Speaker 2>Proverbs fourteen, verse twelve. You may feel circle the word feel.

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<v Speaker 2>and still end up dead. Okay, and the result of

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<v Speaker 2>all strayed away like sheep. We have left God's path

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<v Speaker 2>to follow our own. And why do we leave God's

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<v Speaker 2>to be led by the spirit. Now the stuff you

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<v Speaker 2>should do going be a whole lot faster, Okay, quickly.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not gonna take me a long time. Because this

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<v Speaker 2>things you gotta stop doing. What are the five things

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<v Speaker 2>you start doing? Very easy to understand. Number one. If

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<v Speaker 2>I want to get goddance from God, I want divine direction.

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<v Speaker 2>It starts with desire, It starts with longing, it starts

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<v Speaker 2>under the water so long that you go, I have

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<v Speaker 2>got to get air. When you get that desperate and

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<v Speaker 2>when you cry out to God, say God, I have

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<v Speaker 2>me to do. It's not like I kind of would

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<v Speaker 2>like to know. It would be helpful to know. If

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have any intensity of your passion in your

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<v Speaker 2>prayer life about knowing God's will, God's going well, I

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<v Speaker 2>guess it's not that important to you. But when you

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<v Speaker 2>say I've got to have it, it's like I'm hungry,

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<v Speaker 2>I've got to have food. I'm out of breath. I've

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<v Speaker 2>go in life. God, I've got to know your will.

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<v Speaker 2>I must want to be led by the spirit I'm

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<v Speaker 2>forty verse eight, My God, I want to do what

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<v Speaker 2>Your teachings are in my heart. Number two, I must

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<v Speaker 2>be willing to do what God says. I must not

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<v Speaker 2>only want God's will, I've got to be willing to

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<v Speaker 2>do what God says. I'm willing to obey in advance.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, God, before you even tell me what

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<v Speaker 2>you want me to do, my answer in advance is

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<v Speaker 2>already yes. God doesn't tell you his will, and then

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<v Speaker 2>you get to decide whether you do it or not.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to decide an event you prequalify. God's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to show you what he wants to do with

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<v Speaker 2>You say, God, I surrender my life to you completely.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't just want your will. I'm willing whatever it is.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even understand it. I don't even know it,

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<v Speaker 2>but whatever it is, I'm willing in advance. John seven seventeen,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said this, whoever is willing to do what God

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<v Speaker 2>wants and chooses it. It's a choice. You choose God's

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about you, but I am encouraged after

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<v Speaker 1>that message. And let's keep the encouragement going with a

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<v Speaker 1>letter from one of our listeners.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's Rick. You know I love hearing from Daily Hope

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<v Speaker 2>listeners like you. And here's one note that I got

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<v Speaker 2>from Raymond in New York. Your pastor, Rick, I'd like

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<v Speaker 2>you to know how much I appreciate the Daily Hope broadcast.

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<v Speaker 2>The nuggets that I get I share with my lunch

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<v Speaker 2>group at work, and my family benefits as well because

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<v Speaker 2>at dinner time, my wife and my son hear the

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<v Speaker 2>nugget that I learned during the day and we discuss it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's awesome. Well, let me just say this, Raymond, thanks

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<v Speaker 2>for writing me, and thanks for sharing your story. You

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<v Speaker 2>encouraged me just now. I'm happy to hear that you're

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<v Speaker 2>sharing Daily Hope with your co workers and with your family.

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<v Speaker 2>If God has used this broadcast in your life, would

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<v Speaker 2>you let me know about it and tell your story.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll be good for you, it'll be good for me,

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<v Speaker 2>and it'll be good for all the others who hear it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love you and I thank God for you. And

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<v Speaker 2>join me next time as we continue to look into

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<v Speaker 2>God's word for our daily hope.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, if you'd like to let Rick know how much

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<v Speaker 1>this broadcast has blessed you, please feel free to send

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<v Speaker 1>at Pastorrick dot com. That's Rick at pastorrick dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Be sure to join us next time as we look

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